Las Vegas: A Centennial History

Index

Note: Italic page numbers refer to illustrations. Acapulco Princess Hotel, 175 Adams, Eva, 64 Adamsen, Arnie, 245 Adcock, O. K., 62–63 Adelson, Merv, 160, 172 Adelson, Nathan, 172 African Americans: bigotry towards, 144; as employees of Basic Magnesium, Inc., 103, 162, 164, 240; and highway construction , 148; and job discrimination, 164, 197, 198, 199, 200–201, 240; population of, 34, 51– 52, 71, 164, 197, 240, 242; and public works, 122, 162–64; and religion , 29; and voting rights, 38. See also civil rights; race and race relations Agassi, Andre, 223 Agosto, Joe, 211 agriculture: and Clark County, 25; and fort missions, 5; and irrigation, 34, 57; Las Vegas as center for, 20–21; promotion of, 41–42, 51; and railroad industry, 39; and Thomas Williams, 49 air-conditioning, 24, 107 Airdome, 50–51 air service: and economics, 72–73, 85–86; and local government, 84, 103, 114, 126, 148, 187–88; and tourism, 85–86, 104, 106, 114, 115, 132, 145, 146, 147, 188. See also McCarran Airport Alabama, 198 Aladdin Hotel, 151, 152, 211 Alamo Field, 114 Albuquerque, N.Mex., 100, 101, 122, 135, 142, 156, 186, 203 Alcoa corporation, 101 Alger, Horatio, 9 Ali, Muhammad, 222 TheAmazing Colossal Man (film), 220 American Legion, 50 American Legion War Memorial Building, 82, 93, 94, 126, 168, 191 American Nevada Corporation, 226–27, 228 American Red Cross, 50 Anaconda Copper Company, 10 Anderson Field, 72 anti-Semitism, 168 Apache Hotel, 67, 82, 86, 130 Aplin, Charles, 35 Arbor Day campaign, 52 Arcade, the, 31 architecture: diversity of, 82–83, 84; and high-rises, 137, 142, 206, 213, 216; and hotels, 108; railroad cottages, 16–17, 17; of the Strip, xv, 110, 175, 210 Area 51, 223 Arena League football, 223 Argent Corporation, 211 Arizona, xiv, 4, 46, 85, 157, 182. See also specific cities Arizona Club, 30–32, 31, 90 Arizona Strip, 85 Arizona Territory, 5 I N D E X I N D E X 262 Armijo, Antonio, 2, 3 Armstrong, Ellis, 189 Arnett, Leonard, 96, 98–99, 123, 128 artesian springs, 19, 34, 41, 57, 193. See also water use Asian Americans, 51, 201, 203, 241–43 Atlantic City, N.J., 134, 151, 206, 207, 228, 236 Atomic Energy Commission (aec), 132, 135–36 Austin, Gene, 67 Austin, Harry, 125 Automobile Club of Southern California, 41 automobiles: auto courts, 84, 107, 108; and Los Angeles Basin, 111; and railroad industry , 46; and resorts, 109; and tourism, 84. See also highway construction Baker, Charles Duncan “C. D.”: and city managers, 167; and electric power, 157; as engineer, 64; Gragson compared to, 194; and Hank Greenspun, 169; and Interstate 15, 147–48; photograph of, 155; political career of, 65, 128, 153–54; and population growth, 155; and public works projects, 154, 156; and racial policies , 165; and Test Site, 136; and water supply, 63; and water use, 162; and Westside , 163 Bally’s, 175, 206, 218 Balzar, Fred, 69 banking: growth in, 133–34; and Mormons, 243. See also First State Bank; specific banks Bank of America, 134, 173 Bank of Las Vegas, 134 Baptist Church, 29, 68 Barbary Coast (hotel), 182, 205 Bardon, Don, 213 baseball team, 29 Basic High School, 203 Basic Magnesium, Inc. (bmi): African Americans as employees of, 103, 162, 164, 240; and defense spending, 135; and development, 88, 103; and economics, 102, 106; and Green Valley, 228; and Henderson, 186; Nevada’s buying of, 106; and politics, 123, 124; and population growth, 101–2; and tourism, 111; and urbanization, 84; and water supply, 156, 192 Basic Management, 162 Basic Refractories of Cleveland, 101 Basic Townsite, 88, 103, 126 Baskin, Bob, 128–29 Bayley, Judy, 138, 229 Bayley, Warren, 138 Beal, M. S., 19 Beale, Harry, 29 Beanery (restaurant), 67 Beatty (town), 16, 21, 47, 51 Beckley, Jake, 20, 21, 34, 72 Beckley, Will, 21, 34 Beckley’s Hall, 29, 100 Behnen, Becky Binion, 217 Belinsky, Bo, 221 Bell, Rex, 68 Bellagio, the, 210 Bennett, Marion, 199 Bennett, Tony, 218 Bennett, William, 210 Benton, Brook, 180 Benton, Thomas Hart, 3 Bergman, George, 27 Berkley, Shelley, 244 Berman, Davey, 119 Bible, Alan, 190, 193, 229 Big Springs, 2, 4 Bikini Atoll, 135 Biltmore (neighborhood), 107 Bingo Palace, 205, 213 Binion, Benny, 131, 139, 150–51, 175–77, 181, 183, 207 Birdcage Casino, 133 Black Canyon, 58, 89 Block & Botkin’s store, 21 Blue Diamond, 50, 236 board of trade, 20 Boggs, Benjamin, 21, 29...